Committee members: Alpert, Rebecca; Gran, Peter; Rey, Terry
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-74541-1
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Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Religion
Body granting the degree
Temple University
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This project explores how and why an Americanized form of Zionism became an effective movement in American Jewish life. In the quest for a just and lasting resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, most scholarly attention has been focused on the state (and people) of Israel and the people of Palestine. As a result, we have focused too little attention on the role of support for U.S. nationalism in the American Jewish community in sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I argue that a critical juncture in this process occurred in the early twentieth century, as the United States emerged as an international power.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; American studies; Peace Studies; Judaic studies
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Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;American studies;Cultural studies;Jewish studies;Nationalism;Progressivism;Zionism